THE PRESIDENT’S
OPENING REMARKS
President Drozd called the meeting to order at 9:00 am. A round
of introductions was made. Members present included B. Archambeault,
H. Benitez, C. Brench, A. Drozd, R. Ford, F. Heather (via telecom),
D. Heirman, L. Hill, D. Hoolihan, E. Joffe, W. Kesselman, M. Montrose,
J. O’Neil, S. Nitta, J. Norgard, G. Pettit, R. Scully (via
telecom), D. Staggs, D. Sweeney, R. Wallen, and K. Williams. Members
absent included M. Hatfield, F. Maradei, and A. Podgorski. Guests
included R. Hofmann and J. LaSalle. The meeting agenda was presented
and approved. The Board approved the consent agenda as presented.
FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT
Kimball Williams presented the finance committee report. The 2007
page count of 950 for the Transactions on EMC was presented, with
no special issues. The fee for EMC-S membership was proposed at
$25.00/year. Optional costs for print copies of the Transactions
on EMC were shown as currently $25 and $15 for members. The non-member
fee is $325 (2005 rate). A recommendation on these optional fees
is expected from TAB by April 1.
SECRETARY’S REPORT
Secretary O’Neil noted that the minutes of the November
Board meeting in Portland were previously approved as part of
the consent agenda. The Board approved instituting a policy that
approved minutes only and selected attachments be posted to the
EMC-S website.
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| Following his speech at the opening
ceremony at EMC Zurich in Singapore, Dr. Andrew Drozd (left),
President of the IEEE EMC Society, received a plaque of appreciation
from the Symposium President, Dr. Li Erping. |
TREASURER’S REPORT
Treasurer Warren Kesselman briefly summarized his report. Regarding
2005 operations, IEEE 2005 post-closing, pre-audit financials
indicate that EMC-S had a positive 2005 operations net of $158,500.
Regarding 2006 operations, IEEE’s approved EMC-S 2006 budget
projects a $29,600 deficit. This is based on estimated income
of $1,415,100 and expenses of $1,444,800. Market fluctuation is
not considered in the budget. Mr. Kesselman referenced the “Cost
Center Summary” for 2005 and 2006 included in his report
for budget breakdown information.
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| Todd Hubing (far left) of the University
of Missouri at Rolla joins IEEE EMC Society Board members
Elya Joffe of KTM Project Engineering, Andy Drozd of Andro
Computational Solutions, and Francesca Maradei (from left)
of the University of Rome, “La Sapienza” at the
EMC Zurich in Singapore Symposium. |
EMC SOCIETY 50TH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE
Dan Hoolihan presented his report. He introduced Fred Nebeker
of the IEEE History Center and Lauren Hall of IEEE Creative Services.
Mr. Nebeker noted the status of the oral history interviews and
the process they are following to complete these. Oral interviews
have been completed on Leonard W. Thomas, Sr., James P. McNaul
(the 2nd President of the EMC-S), Joseph F. Fischer (13th President
of the EMC-S), Ralph Showers, Warren Kesselman, as well as Chester
Smith, Anthony G. Zimbalatti, and Milton Kant (who are founders
of the EMC-S). There will be a future interview of William Eugene
(Gene) Cory (14th President of the EMC-S). The IEEE History Center
will provide materials for the booklet on the history of the EMC
Society. Lauren Hall showed examples of material her department
has created in the past for various IEEE Societies. Ms. Hall will
help with plans for the “History Booklet”; this work
is being coordinated with the IEEE History Center. Ms. Hall’s
department also created the 50th Anniversary logo, which was included
in Mr. Hoolihan’s report. Ghery Pettit and Flavio Canavero
will create a special issue of the Transactions in 2007 to commemorate
the 50th Anniversary. This will be similar to the EMC Society’s
Silver Anniversary Special Issue (Volume EMC-25 – No. 3)
published in August 1983. The committee hopes to benefit from
the IEEE’s recent efforts in digitizing all Transactions
and past EMC Symposia records prior to 1988 and placing them in
the electronic library to be accessed via Xplore. Mr. Hoolihan
noted that all EMC-S symposia records from 1998 to 2005 are available
on Xplore. The committee is discussing coordination of the costs
for putting all 50 years of the EMC-S Transactions on a DVD with
the IEEE as part of this “digitization” project. They
also continue to research the pricing and methods of putting the
EMC-S Symposium Records on a DVD. Mr. Hoolihan’s report
includes a list of other special anniversary recognition items
such as lapel pins, special plaques for pioneer technical papers,
and a luncheon for the founders and past presidents of the Society,
among other items. He noted that there are financial challenges
to accomplish all the ideas proposed by the 50th Anniversary Committee.
Members of the Anniversary Committee were shown in Mr. Hoolihan’s
report.
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| Board members prepare for the start
of the meeting held at IEEE headquarters in Piscataway, New
Jersey, including (from left) Don Heirman of Don HEIRMAN Consultants,
Kimball Williams of Denso International America, Don Sweeney
of DLS Electronic Systems, and Bob Hofmann of Hofmann EMC
Engineering. |
COMMUNICATION SERVICES
Ghery Pettit, Vice-President for Communication Services, presented
his report, starting with the Newsletter. Janet O’Neil,
Newsletter Editor, advised that the Winter 2006 issue is at the
printers and will be mailed shortly. As with the past issue, it
is 96 pages. There are three practical papers that span 22 pages.
One of these is the second part of a multi-part paper on PDN design
strategies. Regarding the Fall 2005 special symposium issue, there
were 12.16 pages of paid advertising and the revenue generated
was $18,474.99, of which the EMC Society will collect $10, 925.37
(the difference is retained by the IEEE to pay ad sales commissions,
sales management fees, and advertising support production). This
is higher than the Summer 2005 issue with 10.83 pages of paid
advertising and ad revenue of $8,595.60. The trend continues where
the ad revenue offsets approximately 50% of the cost of each issue
of the Newsletter. In her last report, Ms. O’Neil noted
the discussion with the EMC 2006 symposium committee, Barry Wallen,
and the finance committee about bundling the symposium advance
program with the Newsletter to save money. The Spring 2006 issue
will feature the abstracts of all papers accepted at EMC 2006
along with some highlights of workshops and social activity planned
during the symposium week. IEEE Media is heavily promoting this
issue as they expect it will have a long shelf life and that people
will keep it and take it to the symposium with them. Related to
general activity, copies of the Newsletter have been sent to several
conferences, including the EMC Zurich in Singapore conference
to promote this member benefit from the EMC Society membership.
The new Design Tip section of the Newsletter will be launched
in the Summer 2006 issue. IEEE advised that they have made some
inroads during 2005 in getting cost reductions from their printer.
For example, the Winter 2005 issue at 80 pages cost about the
same as the Fall 2005 issue at 96 pages. Ms. O’Neil advised
that she will attend the annual IEEE Panel of Editors meeting
on March 31-April 1 in Montreal, Canada. Mr. Pettit then reviewed
the report provided by Flavio Canavero, Transactions on EMC Editor
in Chief. He recalled the motion approved at the last Board meeting
related to a special issue of the Transactions on EMC that would
include modified papers presented at the EMC Zurich in Singapore
symposium. He would like to revisit this issue to set limits on
what is acceptable for the Transactions and present a new motion
for presentation to the Board in May. The Board agreed to rescind
the previous motion on this special issue until the Board meeting
in May. Following is a review of submitted papers to the Transactions
on EMC:
Since 2004, the submissions have reached a new steady state, which
is approximately double of the level of submissions it used to
be before year 2000. The November 2005 issue was delayed by more
than a month, as this was almost double the page count of the
previous issue. This issue included all publication backlog built
up in 2005 (there was a special authorization following the Society
Reviews by IEEE in June to exceed the page budget). Above is a
review of the final page count per issue for 2005.
Professor Canavero is now planning the page count budget for future
years considering the following: 1. The number of submitted papers
is now stable over the years, around 200 per year, 2. The acceptance
rate is another stable parameter, whose value is 50% of the submissions,
3. The average number of pages per paper is eight, estimated on
the published issues of the previous years, and, 4. The partial
count of pages needed to accommodate the regular papers of one
year is 800. Professor Canavero noted that it is also important
to consider having a special issue every year, in order to continue
the tradition of the journal. He proposed allocating a fixed number
of pages, for example, 100 pages per year for a special issue.
With cover pages, announcements, letters of the Editor in Chief,
list of the reviewers, and indexes, the grand total for the page
count is 950 pages/year. Professor Canavero also noted that this
is the time to activate the process for the selection of the Transactions
Best Paper. His report detailed the procedure for this process.
Regarding the future issues, for the years beyond 2006, he has
received two formal proposals for special issue topics that are
under consideration. One proposes the topic “Validation
of Computational Electromagnetics” by A. Duffy, and the
second proposes the topic “EMC in Aerospace Systems”
by R. Perez. Descriptions on these topics provided by the proposers
were included in his report. Regarding the EMC-S website, Mr.
Pettit advised that Nigel Carter is now the web site manager and
is in the process of hiring Shannon Archambeault of Draconis Design
to perform the web maintenance function. Ken Moore of IEEE Press
then gave a presentation on his department’s services. Discussion
ensued about the review process for IEEE Press books. Mr. Moore
requested reviewers from the EMC Society to ensure a high level
of technical quality for the publications. Mr. Montrose spoke
as a member of the IEEE Press Board about the review process.
The consensus of the Board was that the IEEE Press should follow
the same review process established by the Transactions on EMC
and the Symposium papers. The Board approved establishing a policy
such that the IEEE Press manuscript review process must go through
the Technical Activities Committee to assign reviewers. Next,
Mr. Pettit noted some of the highlights of the report by Ray Perez,
the EMC Society Liaison to IEEE Press. There is no outlay of royalties
received by the EMC-S in this status report. There have been several
recent staff changes at IEEE Press and the new personnel responsible
for this accounting has not yet produced the required data. He
will prepare a summary report for the August 2006 Board meeting.
The report reviews the inactive work, books in progress, and prospective
new business. He is still looking for new authors and eventually
new books. During the 2005 Symposium in Chicago, a letter was
written to each of the TC chairs in order to solicit their help
in finding qualified prospective authors within their organizations.
As a result of that effort, two prospective authors were contacted
and information sent to them for helping them write a book proposal.
However, that effort was done in the fall of 2005; to date no
book proposal has been received. A “Call for Authors”
ad was submitted to the EMC Newsletter and will appear in the
Winter and Spring 2006 issues. At the IEEE Press Meeting in January
2006, great emphasis was placed in working with volunteers who
would serve as reviewers for: a) evaluating book proposals, and
b) reviewing author-submitted manuscripts for eventual book publication.
The review process of prospective manuscripts for book publication
is a tedious endeavor and requires the commitment of individuals
who are already very busy. Mr. Perez requested the Board’s
consideration of a future plan for rewarding these individuals
with some form of “thank you” on behalf of the EMC-S.
IEEE Press is also considering its own form of recognition. Regarding
the Public Relations committee, Dave Staggs advised that the previous
EMC-S promotional VHS video titled “…EMC Challenge
…” is somewhat outdated, but still usable. It was
created in the early 1990s and has been converted to DVD. The
quality of the conversion is not very good and they are addressing
this problem. The design of the new EMC-S lapel pin is ongoing
and will include the 50th Anniversary logo design. When the design
is ready, the variations of the design will be brought to the
BoD for review and selection. The target date for this design
presentation is the August 2006 BoD meeting. Mr. Pettit concluded
his report in noting that Dan Hoolihan’s History report
is covered in his report on planning for the 50th anniversary
celebration.
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| Ken Moore of IEEE Press (left) gave
a presentation on his department’s activities at the
March Board meeting. Mark Montrose of Montrose Compliance
Services joined him following the meeting. |
STANDARDS SERVICES
Don Heirman, Vice-President for Standards, presented his report.
Standards activity covers three major areas: The Standards Education
and Training Committee (SETCom), the Standards Advisory and Coordination
Committee (SACCom), and the Standards Development Committee (SDCom).
The new SETCom chair is Qiubo Ye, a Project Leader with the Communications
Research Center in Canada. The new SACCom vice-chair is Dave Guzman
of RF Tek in Raleigh, North Carolina. Elya Joffe remains as chair
of SACCom. Mr. Ye was profiled in the Winter 2006 EMC Newsletter
in Mr. Heirman’s Standards Activity column. Mr. Guzman will
be profiled in the Spring 2006 EMC Newsletter. The SDCom continues
to be chaired by Stephen Berger. Mr. Heirman reviewed the activity
from the previous day’s standards committee meetings. Regarding
the SDCom activity, the committee reviewed the status of an EMC
specification for Voting Equipment (Std 1583). Portions of the
specification include requirements issued by the Election Assistance
Commission (EAC). They are proposing levels of immunity that may
be too lenient. The committee reviewed EMC Specification for Homeland
Security. This involves issues of the immunity severity being
sufficient. The committee approved a PAR for shielding effectiveness
of enclosures with linear dimensions of 0.1 m to 2 m. They also
continue their work reviewing “Interference and Coexistence
Analysis of Software Defined Radio” (Std P1900). A new study
group has been formed on regulatory compliance for radio systems
with dynamic spectrum access. Participation in principle has been
established. Various liaisons have been suggested, such as the
Software Defined Radio Forum (SDR Forum). An external coordination
planning committee has been formed to address this topic. Mr.
Heirman noted that P1775--Powerline Communication Equipment -
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Requirements - Testing and
Measurement Methods--is not well represented by EMC-S. This must
be addressed. Also, the spectrum management interference issue
needs to be included in the EMC scope. For example, wireless and
SDR topics are blurring the line. Mr. Heirman discussed the results
of the standards leadership solicitation initiated by him and
publicized by Elya Joffe. 14 people responded and a new chair
of the SETCom was appointed. In addition, candidates for SACCom
leadership were identified. New volunteers responded from outside
IEEE regions 1-6. Mr. Heirman noted that the SACCom did not meet
in Piscataway. The next series of standards meetings would be
in May in Germany.
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| Lauren Hall of IEEE Creative Services
attended the Board meeting to support the efforts the 50th
Anniversary Committee, chaired by Dan Hoolihan of Hoolihan
EMC Consulting. Ms. Hall’s department created the 50th
Anniversary logo. |
MEMBER SERVICES REPORT
Elya Joffe presented the report on Membership Services. This includes
a report on the budget for Membership Services. Bruce Archambeault
gave a report on the EMC-S Awards. He documented the process for
the awards presentation based upon the format utilized in Chicago.
The Board approved the plan that the awards ceremony shall be
carried out as documented in the EMC Society Symposium Handbook.
Further, the Board of Directors must approve all deviations to
this standard ceremony at least five months in advance. The Board
approved adding a cash award to the existing certificates for
Chapter awards. The Chapter of the Year and the Most Improved
Chapter awards will each carry a $250 US cash award. The Board
reviewed Mr. Archambeault’s suggestion to create a Chapter
Founders Award. This will be given annually if appropriate to
a person(s) who has founded a new Chapter or refounded a previously
dissolved Chapter. The award will consist of a plaque. The Board
approved Mr. Archambeault’s suggestion to rename the Transactions
Prize Paper Award the Richard B. Schulz Best Transactions Paper
Award. Mr. Archambeault also noted other considerations to enhance
the awards ceremony, including posting photos in the reception
area of major award recipients. Also under consideration are moving
the major awards to the gala event. John Norgard, as a member
of the IEEE Electromagnetics Award committee, noted that they
have a candidate from the EMC Society that they are sponsoring
for 2006. Clayton Paul received this award in 2005. Regarding
EMC-S Membership Development, Dave Staggs reported on membership
statistics. As of January 2006, the total number of active EMC-S
members was 4,192, down 1.7% from this same time in 2005. The
most current on line SAMIEEE membership database shows that the
EMC-S has 4,201 active members, of whom 452 are Senior Members,
203 are Student Members, and 75 are Fellows. Total IEEE membership
is 347,670 as of January 2006, down 1.7% over 2005 numbers. Student
membership within IEEE continues, however, to remain strong. The
new membership application form was discussed. This includes a
new “affiliate” membership option per IEEE bylaws.
Distinguished Lecturer Committee Chair Lee Hill then presented
a report on recent talks and scheduled activities. The program
continues to remain very active. Next, Elya Joffe reported in
the absence of Francesca Maradei, Chapter Coordinator. He provided
her report on the status of Chapters and Angels. The new Australia
(Victoria Section) EMC Chapter has been approved on January 27,
2006. The new chairman is Malcolm Mulcare. The Pittsburgh Chapter
has completed the procedures for its approval. Michael J. Oliver
is the new Chapter chairman. Bob Scully noted that IEEE approved
his petition to form a joint Galveston Bay/Houston EMC Chapter.
John Osburn has initiated the reformation of the Fort Worth EMC
Chapter, also in Texas. Efforts continue on a new Chapter in Vancouver/British
Columbia, Canada. In Region 8, there is activity for a Czech Republic
joint EMC/MTT/AP/ED Chapter, following the efforts exerted at
the St. Petersburg Symposium on EMC. In Region 9, new EMC Chapter
activity continues in Mexico and Argentina. As a result of the
meeting in Taipei, there is potential for a new EMC Chapter in
Bogotá, Columbia. In Region 10, activity is underway for
new Chapters in Thailand, Hong Kong, Bangalore, and Hyderabad.
Ms. Maradei noted that Professor Nekhoul Bachir is interested
in forming a new EMC Chapter in Algeria. She concluded her report
noting the Chapters on a “watch list” due to inactivity
include the Montreal, Central and South Italy Chapters. Regarding
Chapter Retreats, one was held on February 28 in Singapore. This
initiated the activity with the Thailand and Hong Kong potential
new chambers. Representatives from 10 Chapters in the area attended.
Frank Sabath is helping organize a retreat on September 11 during
EMC Europe 2006 in Barcelona. The objectives of the Chapter Retreats
are primarily focused on the exchange of information and experience
between Chapter officers, discussion of current problems, coordination
between different Chapters, and providing advice /assistance for
less active and new potential Chapters. Regarding the Fellow Search
Committee, Elya Joffe reported for Heyno Garbe, committee chair.
There are three candidates for Fellow received from Japan, one
from Germany and one from Greece. In total, there are seven candidates
for 2007. Mr. Joffe advised that the a review of the activities/purpose
of the Fellow Search committee is necessary to make sure the committee
conforms to IEEE policy related to Fellows. President Drozd asked
if Mr. Joffe would chair a task force to address the Fellow Search
committee and report at the May Board meeting. Mr. Joffe agreed
to chair this task force. Mr. Joffe noted that the Fellow Evaluation
Committee consists of five EMC Fellows who do not serve as a reference
for any of the candidates. Next, Kimball Williams, Nominations
and Bylaws Chair, reported that the nomination form for Board
positions would be included in the Winter 2006 EMC Newsletter.
Completed nomination forms are due by May 31, 2006. Fred Heather
presented a detailed report on the Symposium Exhibitor Survey
conducted in Chicago. In general, the EMC-S has loyal exhibitors
who return year after year and give the annual EMC Symposium a
4 out of 5 rating (with five being the highest level of satisfaction).
Exhibitors desire wireless Internet access, an exhibitor lounge,
more time for the new product showcase, and a revised patron program.
They are concerned about the decline in attendance at the annual
symposium. Information from this survey will be used for the Exhibitor’s
Breakfast in Portland as well as for future symposium planning.
Mr. Joffe noted that Ken Wyatt is the EMC-S Photographer. He continues
to assist the Newsletter editor in providing photos and cover
artwork. He is working with Elya Joffe and Bruce Archambeault
on the background for photos at the awards luncheon in Portland
and may consider investing in a portable backdrop for future awards
ceremonies so the photos are more professional. Following the
Portland symposium, he will work with Dan Hoolihan on creating
an archive of EMC-S historical images. Any thoughts or suggestions
for photography should be directed to Ken at ken_wyatt@agilent.com.
Mr. Joffe reported for Bill McGinnis, PACE chair. Mr. McGinnis
has been working on PACE concepts and trying to evaluate previous
efforts and why they were not productive. He developed a concept
of providing seasoned and experienced review and critiquing of
resumes that out of work members would need to send in with job
applications. He thinks this would provide a useful service to
members who need help. Bill believes that this could motivate
some positive feedback if we included a listing on the EMC-S web
page and in the Newsletter. He is working on the details for this
concept. Regarding activity in Regions 8-10, Mr. Joffe reported
that membership development activities were carried out in conjunction
with the following symposia: EMC Asia in Taipei, December 2005
- four new IEEE/EMC-S members were recruited; EMC Zurich in Singapore,
February 2006 - 17 new IEEE/EMC-S members were recruited; INCEMIC
in India, February 2006 - 12 new IEEE/EMC-S members were recruited.
Mr. Joffe noted that no report was received from Fred Heather
on the Travel Assistance Program. Mr. Joffe next reported on the
Membership Development Task Force activity. The second meeting
was held on November 13, 2005, in Portland, Oregon. The practical
outcomes of that meeting included: 1. Sending letters from the
President and VP for Member Services to new members joining the
EMC-S, 2. Sending letters from VP for Member Services to newly
elevated Senior Members (this resulted in requests for assistance
to form new Chapters in India and Australia (Queensland), 3. Developing
a membership brochure and customized application form, 4. Reviewing
the break down in attendance at the EMC-S Symposium in Chicago
2005 for analysis of potential membership, and 5. Initiating several
Newsletter articles to be submitted in the near future. Mr. Joffe
noted that work has begun to identify candidate “Sister
Societies.” Such organizations exist in Australia, China,
Japan, Malaysia, Israel, and several other countries. Work for
development of the charter for the position of “Sister Society
Coordinator” and MOU templates is under way. Candidates
for position of “Sister Society Coordinator” are being
sought. Lastly, Dr. Elena Gertsman of IEEE reported on the results
of the IEEE EMC 2005 Member Survey. This was last conducted in
2000. 1,500 randomly selected EMC-S members received the survey
on line and as a paper copy. 562 members responded (37% return),
with 235 responding on line and 327 using paper. She reviewed
the demographics of EMC-S membership noting that 96% are male,
58% have an advanced degree, 45% work in industry with 17% in
academia, 56% pay their own dues, and 55% reside in the US. A
considerable number of members also belong to other professional
organizations such as NARTE. The response for the number one reason
for EMC-S membership was a tie between “Society Technical
Meetings” and “Society Publications.” President
Drozd noted he would summarize the survey results in a future
Newsletter issue.
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| (From left) Vice Presidents Don Heirman
(Standards), and Ghery Pettit (Communications) of Intel, joined
Treasurer Warren Kesselman during the Board meeting lunch
break. |
TECHNICAL SERVICES
John Norgard, Vice President for Technical Services, presented
his report. The Chair of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)
is Bill Strauss. Vice-Chair is Arto Chubukjian, and Secretary
is Robert Scully. TAC has received three recent requests for Technical
Co-Sponsorship, including: EMC 2007 VII Symposium on EMC, St.
Petersburg, Russia, EMC UK 2006 in Newbury, England, and the 9th
International Conference on EMC in February 2006, Bangalore, India.
This latter request was received too late to be considered. TAC
has formed an ad hoc committee to evaluate the technical co-sponsorship
process and revise as necessary. TAC has been holding regularly
scheduled telecons to stay current with activity. They are busy
reviewing papers for EMC 2006 in Portland. 108 papers were received
at the January 10 deadline. This was extended to January 24 and
several more papers were submitted for a total of 170 papers.
Authors will be notified about their paper status on March 27.
Of these 170 papers, 38 were student papers, and 32 requested
the “close presentation” format. Fred Heather gave
a verbal report via telecom on the Representative Advisory Committee
(RAC). The RAC/TAC annual luncheon plans for August are underway.
The open positions on the committee include representation on
the IEEE-USA Energy Policy Committee (www.ieeeusa.org/committees/EPC/)
and the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT),
(www.radburn.rutgers.edu/andrews/projects/ssit/default.htm).
Mr. Heather would like new volunteers to fill these positions.
No report was received from Education and Student Activities Committee
Chair Maqsood Mohd. The Vice Chair is Bob Nelson and the Secretary
is Randy Jost. Mr. Norgard’s report lists the subcommittees
under the ESAC.
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| John Norgard with the University
of Colorado at Colorado Springs pauses before his report to
the Board as Vice President for Technical Services. |
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| Colin Brench (left) of Hewlett Packard
visited with Lee Hill of SILENT during the Board meeting lunch
break in Piscataway, New Jersey. |
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| Barry Wallen (seated), Vice President
for Conferences, prepares for his report at the Board meeting.
Bruce Archambealt of IBM looks on to ensure his slides are
present for the discussion on the Symposium Site Selection
Committee. |
CONFERENCE SERVICES
Barry Wallen presented his report. The Board approved the 2007
(Hawaii) interim budget, which shows a 20% surplus in accordance
with IEEE and EMC-S guidelines. The Board also approved the EMC
2008 loan request of $20,000, with $10,000 being an initial payment.
Mr. Wallen distributed a copy of Jim Blaha’s resume to the
Board for review. The Board approved the appointment of Jim Blaha
as the Marketing and Publicity chair on the EMC-S Conferences
Group. Mr. Wallen provided the following update on EMC-S Symposiums:
EMC’2005 Chicago, IL (Chair: Tom Braxton). Revenue was shown
as $1,023,532, expenses were $851,446 for a net surplus of $172,086.
In total, there were 471 IEEE member full registrations and 191
non-member full registrations. There were 3,392 badges created
for registrants, exhibitors, and companions. There were 223 booths,
and 8 tabletop displays from 162 exhibiting companies. EMC’2006
Portland, OR (Chair: Henry Benitez). Henry Benitez reported that
support services from the contracted IEEE Conference Management
Services (CMS) have been reinstated. All continues on track. EMC’2007
Honolulu, HI 50th Anniversary Symposium (Chair: Janet O’Neil).
Janet O’Neil reported that since the last Board meeting
in November, activity has focused on marketing and finalizing
the Global EMC University course. On marketing, a handout was
created to promote EMC 2007 for Barry Wallen to distribute at
the EMC Zurich in Singapore conference. One of the goals of the
EMC 2007 is to draw heavily from Asia to Hawaii to help offset
expected reduced attendance from East Coast based EMC symposium
attendees. Save the date Hawaii postcards were also sent to Singapore
to distribute from the EMC-S membership booth. Janet will work
with Jim Blaha (Publicity Chair) to create a tri-fold brochure
on EMC 2007 for distribution at the EMC tabletop shows this year,
in Portland, and at non-IEEE conferences globally. PR reps (members
of the IEEE EMC community) are being asked to take these brochures
to various EMC related conferences they attend in their respective
areas internationally. Also related to marketing, Janet drafted
an e-mail to send to all EMC symposium exhibitors that summarized
key points made at the exhibitors breakfast in Chicago on what
the committee’s plans are to ensure good attendance at the
symposium. GES (show decorator and drayage company) gave a presentation
on the “Perception vs. Reality” about shipping to
and exhibiting in Hawaii at the exhibitors breakfast in Chicago.
GES offered to provide 30 days of free storage to EMC exhibitors
in Hawaii who also exhibit at the MTT and AP Symposiums being
held at the Hawaii Convention Center in June 2007. Their presentation
highlights were also included in the e-mail to the exhibitors.
Her report included an overview of the Global EMC University created
by Clayton Paul and Flavio Canavero showing the topics and participating
speakers. All speakers are confirmed and topics have been identified.
Regarding the host hotel for EMC 2007, the contact with the Hilton
Hawaiian Village has guest rooms priced at: $189.00 garden view
room rate/$205.00 partial ocean view room rate/$219 full ocean
view rate. Prices are 2007 contracted rates, plus tax. These rates
are in line with previous symposium hotels located in a major
city. EMC’2008 Detroit, MI (Chair: Kimball Williams). All
committee positions have been filled. The committee is holding
monthly telecom meetings. The committee has requested a $10,000
advance, which was approved earlier in the meeting. All activity
appears to be on track. EMC’2009 Austin, TX (Chair: David
Staggs). Dave Staggs reported the current listing of the Symposia
Committee includes: General Chairman – David Staggs, Vice
Chairman – John O’Brien, Secretary – Michael
Royer, Treasurer – Patrick Webb, Technical Program –
Dr. Michael Foegelle, Exhibits/New Product Presentations –
Mark Prchlik, Publicity (Public Relations) – Glen Watkins.
The Austin Convention Center contract negotiations continue. The
IEEE CMS contract should be signed in the near future pending
a review of 2007, 2008 and 2009 contract pricing comparisons by
the VP of Conferences. Next, Exhibitor Liaison Janet O’Neil
noted that she has been working with Bruce Archambeault and the
site selection committee for 2010. She interviewed several exhibitors
on the pros/cons of each venue. She worked with Barry Wallen to
draft an e-mail to send to all EMC exhibitors requesting their
input on the two proposed venues (Fort Lauderdale and Washington
DC) so their comments could be considered for the March Board
meeting discussion, if they are interested in submitting their
opinion. As noted above for EMC 2007, she sent an e-mail to all
exhibitors reminding them about EMC 2006 in Portland, providing
an update on EMC 2007 and shipping to Hawaii, and listing the
dates of the Chapter tabletop shows coming up in the first half
of 2006. Regarding Regional Conferences in Regions 1-7, Janet
O’Neil reported that there are seven tabletop shows scheduled
to date for 2006. The shows include: 1. March 28, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
“Circuit Board Layout Strategies to Reduce Noise and Improve
EM Immunity,” presented by Todd Hubing, The University of
Missouri-Rolla, 2. May 2, Canton, Michigan, EMC Fest 2006: “Fundamentals
of EMC Modeling” presented by Bruce Archambeault, IBM, 3.
May 16, Chicago, Illinois, 8th Annual Mini-Symposium with multiple
speakers, 4. June 6, Waldorf, Maryland, a Tri-Chapter EMC Event
on “Fundamental and Advanced Topics in EMC,” 5. July
11, Huntsville, Alabama, “The Fundamentals of EMC”
presented by Clayton R. Paul, Mercer University, 6. July 13, Dallas,
Texas, “The Bruce Lee Show” - EMC Design Concepts
and Applications for the Real World presented by Bruce Archambeault,
IBM and Lee Hill, Silent Solutions, and 7. July 21, Denver, Colorado,
“Practical Measurement Techniques and Facilities for RF
Testing” with multiple speakers. For more information on
these shows, please contact the EMC Chapter Chair listed for each
event in the Calendar Section of the Newsletter. Frank Sabath
reported on activities in Region 8. There will be a Region 8 Workshop
on Computational Electromagnetics (CEM) Computer Modeling and
Simulation on May 15, 2006, at the Hamburg University of Technology.
The IEEE German EMC Chapter will host this. This will feature
several European speakers on multiple topics as well as keynote
speakers Bruce Archambeault of IBM and Andy Drozd of Andro Computational
Solutions. The following conferences will take place in Region
8: EMC Wroclaw 2006, EMC Europe 2006, and the VIIth International
Symposium on EMC and Electromagnetic Ecology. Currently, the IEEE
EMC-S is involved in the organization of workshops in Belgium
(first half of 2006) and Barcelona (parallel to EMC Europe). Regarding
Region 9, Janet O’Neil reported that a tabletop show with
speakers Andy Drozd and Bob Olsen is being planned for late June
2006 in Mexico City. Janet is working with Paco Sepulveda and
the local EMC community to build enthusiasm for this event. A
potential new Chapter is under development in this area and the
show would be a great catalyst to get the activity started. This
will be held at IPN (Instituto Politecnico Nacional) in Mexico
City; Dr. Linares is our contact there. Details to be confirmed
shortly. Regarding Region 10, Professor Shuichi Nitta distributed
a hand out which showed the schedule of future EMC conferences
in this region. He reported on EMC Asia in Taipei, December 2005
noting that there were 261 registrants, representing 21 countries.
There were 123 papers, presented in 17 technical sessions, five
special sessions, seven workshops, and 37 exhibitors. A lunch
meeting was held at the conference venue to discuss the various
EMC conferences in Asia and how to organize these. Elya Joffe
also attended this meeting with Professor Nitta. A follow on meeting
was held during EMC Zurich in Singapore, March 2006 on this topic.
Professor Nitta noted the EMC Membership booth was at these conferences
as well as at INCEMIC in India, February 2006. Mr. Wallen showed
the current organization chart for the structure of the EMC Conferences
Group. Jim Blaha is the newest member for Marketing and Publicity
as approved earlier in the meeting. This group held a meeting
prior to the Board meeting and discussed issues such as the traditional
poster sessions, registration, and exhibitor fees for EMC 2007
Hawaii, the annual Awards Luncheon, and updating the symposium
manual, among other items. Bruce Archambeault then reported as
Chair of the Symposium Site Selection Committee on the two venues
proposed for the 2010 Symposium. He referred to his recent letter
to the Board dated February 16, which provided an update on the
two venues. Mr. Archambeault reviewed the committee’s concerns
with the two venues, Fort Lauderdale and Washington DC. The site
selection committee polled all the exhibitors to determine their
thoughts on the Washington DC location. Mr. Archambeault summarized
the results of the exhibitor poll. Following discussion on the
pros and cons of each venue proposed for the 2010 Symposium, the
Board approved Fort Lauderdale at the Convention Center as the
site of the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on EMC.
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| Elena Gertsmann Ph.D., CAE, Director,
Strategic Research and Planning for IEEE is shown following
her report on the results of the IEEE conducted 2005 EMC Society
Member Survey. She is joined by (from left), Board member
Dick Ford, Marc Beebe of IEEE, and Andy Drozd. |
OLD BUSINESS
The following items were discussed under Old Business:
Schedule of Board Meeting in Germany
President Drozd distributed a copy of the proposed schedule of
meetings in Germany over May 16-18. Discussion ensued and resulted
in the meetings being condensed over May 16-17. Secretary O’Neil
advised she would send out the revised schedule to the Board.
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| On the Saturday following the Board
meeting, Board officers met to informally discuss long range
planning activity at the office of Don Heirman. Participating
from left are Kimball Williams, Andy Drozd, Warren Kesselman,
Elya Joffe, Ghery Pettit, Barry Wallen and Don Heirman. Board
Secretary Janet O’Neil also participated and took this
photo during a break. |
NEW BUSINESS
The following items were discussed under New Business:
Terms of Office/Succession Plans
President Drozd urged all Society officers to give serious consideration
to identifying their potential successors, especially in light
of the upcoming elections in November 2006 and in mind of the
current policy on term limits for certain positions such as Secretary
and Treasurer.
EMC Conference Delegations
President Drozd wanted to ensure there is EMCS representation
at EMC-related events that we support through technical co-sponsorship
or cooperation, such as EMC Barcelona 2006 from September 4-8,
EMC UK in Newbury, UK from October 17-18, 2006, and others that
are included on our calendar of events.
Electronic and Print Publications
Barbara Lange of IEEE’s Publications Department gave a presentation
on “Research and Development in Publishing at IEEE”.
She noted that IEEE Publications generate nearly half of IEEE
overall revenues. She discussed the role Xplore plays in providing
a home for publications and for generating this revenue. Currently,
Xplore is updated weekly with 2,000 to 3,000 new documents, or
some 100,000 per year. Quarterly updates are provided to the system
to enhance functionality, including the search and browse features.
Xplore usage continues to grow. When it was launched in 2001,
the average monthly download was 1.2 million. In 2005, that number
was 5.3 million. Content access has shifted slightly with more
users accessing conference proceedings than the Transactions.
She reviewed usage data, top article downloaded, and more in her
report. She concluded by reviewing future IEEE Publication Plans,
including new content format, practical content augments to research
content, and the implementation of enhanced search tools. Unfortunately,
due to the lack of time, IEEE’s new product “IEEE.tv”
could not be presented to the Board. John Day, Senior Manager,
Business Development, IEEE Regional Activities gave his presentation
to President Drozd for circulation to the Board. The mission of
this work is “Leveraging the advancement of broadband technologies
to enhance IEEE Member value, increase membership and product
sales, and advance IEEE as a leading-edge professional society.”
Schedule of Meetings for 2006
President-Elect Andy Drozd reviewed the EMC Board meeting schedule
for 2006:
May 16-17, in Hannover, Germany, August 13 and 16, in Portland,
Oregon, November 9-11, in New Orleans, Louisiana. These EMC meetings
were scheduled around the IEEE TAB meetings, which will be held
in New Orleans. For 2007, President Drozd listed meeting locations
and dates for other conferences/IEEE TAB meeting; perhaps the
Board meetings could be held in conjunction with these meetings.
The Board agreed to discuss this further, but requested that at
least one Board meeting per year be held at the IEEE headquarters
in Piscataway.
Governance/Constitution and Bylaws “Must Haves”
Mark Montrose reviewed the IEEE and EMC-S governance documents.
He discussed the EMC-S Operating Procedures and Policy document.
This effort to update these documents is ongoing. Several items
were approved earlier in the meeting as part of the “Consent
Agenda” including: 1. Rescind the 1993 Board policy mandating
3-meetings per year, 2. Obsolete the existing EMC Board of Directors
Manual and replace it with the new Operating Procedures and Policy
Manual, 3. Adopt a new Field of Interest Statement, and .4. Adopt
editorial/grammar/non governance issues within the Constitution
and Bylaws. Mr. Montrose will locate past policies to go into
the next update of the Operating Procedures and Policy Manual
ACTION ITEM REVIEW
Secretary O’Neil reviewed the action items assigned during
the meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:00
pm. The next series of meetings will be held over May 16-17 in
Hannover, Germany. EMC
Submitted by:
Janet O’Neil, Secretary,
EMC Society Board of Directors
